noun
- masses of pollen grains that stick together, found in orchids and some other plants
Usage: botanical; plural form
Examples
- The orchid’s pollinia attached to the bee’s back as it visited the flower.
- Botanists studied the pollinia to understand the plant’s reproductive strategy.
- Each pollinium contains thousands of individual pollen grains.
- The pollinia are transferred from flower to flower by visiting insects.
- Under the microscope, the pollinia appeared as compact, waxy structures.
- Different orchid species have pollinia of varying shapes and sizes.